India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, reaffirmed India's commitment to promote peace, stability and development in the country.
Addressing the UN Security Council quarterly briefing on Afghanistan, Ambassador Parvathaneni emphasised India's priorities to provide humanitarian assistance and implement capacity building initiatives for the Afghan people."We believe in the utmost importance of international and regional consensus and cooperation on key issues concerning Afghanistan and actively engage with all relevant parties to promote peace, stability and development in the country," Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni said.
"India's immediate priorities in Afghanistan include provision of humanitarian assistance and implementation of capacity building initiatives for the Afghan people," he added.
He also reaffirmed India's commitment to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Ambassador Parvathaneni expressed gratitude to Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, for her briefing.
"We value her close cooperation and hope to carry forward the same with UNAMA in the future," he said.
Additionally, Ambassador Parvathaneni highlighted India's assistance efforts when an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Afghanistan.
"India was among the first countries to provide humanitarian assistance.
We immediately delivered 1,000 family tents and 15 tons of food supplies to the affected provinces of Afghanistan.
An additional 21 tons of relief materials, including essential medicines, hygiene kits, blankets and generators, were dispatched," he noted.
The earthquake that struck southeastern Afghanistan on September 1, resulted in more than 2000 deaths and over 3,640 people were injured, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Moreover, the Indian envoy highlighted India's continuous efforts for the development of Afghanistan over the years.
